May the 19^th 1864

 

Good Morning to you all how do you all get a long are you all well to day the wether is nice and plesant to day I am in tolerbel good helth at this time and I hope those lins will find you all well and doing well we are in good sperits hear we hear som good news grant is a doing as well as we cold exspect he has took lee at a surprise kild long street and Jo Johnson and captured Sturt and cut all of thare communication and suplies and still driveing them in to there den our Men has got posession of Daulton and the Rebels is a falling back to Atlant gorga Grants loss 3000 kild and wounded and missing lee loss not nown but vary grat Hurraw for grant and his boys things is all quiat hear and plentey of Pickuet dutey hear to do the small pox is rether chect up and I hop it will seac hear /

 

the male came in yestearday I got no letter it will go out to morrow morning and I will send this to you I rote a letter to you started it a fiew days a go I put a song balod in it it was an olde one tho I had no time to rite a new one at that time Rittey Ann let me no how you are doing and getting a long and whether you hav the coarne or not and what you hav to pay for the braking of the ground and puting it in coarne and how you exspect to get it tended tha tell us that we hav 4 months and 3^d days to serv yet tha tell us now that we are not bregaded at tall and that is the reason that we dont get our pay I dont look for eney pay while we remane in this state and I think we will stay hear som time yet our Officers thinks we will stay hear till we start for St Louis Mo tho tha may be foold as well as us tho we are fixing our quarters for sumer hear we hav / built a house and made a shed and a tabel to eat onder and we are tolerbel well fixt hear tho I am tierd of a soldiers life and want to be at home with you and the children I think if I was with you to help you eat milk and butter I wold be quite happey to what I am I sleep by my self and I now I had rather be with you then hear you wanted to no by or thrue Norman king whether I had a broade or not hear I hav non tha all Dip hear and that dont soot me for I dont like girls that Dips you no

 

well I will hav to close soon tell the children that I send my lov to them and want to be rememberd by you all rite soon as you get this letter fare well

 

                                                                                    J W Sanders            hav you heard of

                                                                                                            my over coat yet

                                                                                    R A Sanders    or not pleas let me

                                                                                                            no if you hav /

 

well Nancey Jane I send my respects to you and wish you well and wold like to see you I cold tell you a grate many things if I cold see you I hav not mutch time to rite and will hav to close soon

 

So fare well hoping thos fiew words will find you well good by

 

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well Emely I will send you som yelow rute in this letter for your eys Emely I think it will cure them it will hurt som but do this for me

 

            I want your eys well and if you want eney more let me no and I will send it to you let me no how tha are a getting whether tha are well or not

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